Is the update for the R1 available yet?
No? It's already been a while since April 16th. I'm not kidding guys.
Let's face the state we loyal customers are in.
In my opinion, there won't be an update for the R1 any time soon.
Release dates have been missed with vague arguments about new release dates.
And even bugfixes for the R1 haven't been released since more than 2 years.
We were promised a lot of features for the R1, such as anti-jitter/spike.
Maybe this whole "Router Revolution" advertising was just that - marketing!?
Take a look at Netgear. Even the XR500 lacks the features from above and even there
hasn't been an update recently bringing revolutionary features to the router. Mostly bugfixes.
Maybe the DumaOS isn't exactly that what Netduma had expected.
Maybe this is due to hardware limitations or some other issues.
I think for me it's time to leave this community for a longer period of time and to turn to other gaming routers meaningwhile.
I still hope that all of you get the desired update for the R1 one day.
For me personally, I don't care anymore... Sadly!
A little more transparancy of Netduma could help quite a bit and ensure that the community stays strong in supporting Netduma in the future. We were the paying customers that had made Netduma what they are today.
I'm very disappointed of them.

Any news on the R1 update?
I haven't been around for some time... Anti-Jitter and Anti-Spike would be quite interesting for my internet connection and it would also bring me to buying a new R1.
I have claimed a refund for the XR500 when I first got it and realized that it came without Anti-Jitter, OpenVPN support and so on...

I have had the XR500 with DumaOS installed on it for quite a while now.
One thing I can say for sure is that my gameplay was much better with the old R1 compared to the XR500.
In regards of the bufferbloat issue the XR500 was definitely not as effective as the R1 is.
You can test it easily yourself if you own both devices by running a simple test at DSLReports.com.
Now you can argue that DSLReports is inaccurate and just the results of PingPlotter matter.
Most people - me included - use the trial version of PingPlotter. In the trial version you cannot
switch between different internet protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP etc...). I can just guess, but I believe
that most people are also using the trial version that lacks the option to switch between the protocols.
In the testing context it means that PingPlotter checks each hop by "pinging" it seperately while using the ICMP protocol.
Instead, DSLReports.com uses UDP for testing. And UDP is the protocol that most games, for e.g. Call Of Duty, use.
In my opinion DSLReports gives me more detailed information on what's going on behind the scene.
And that is the point where I can see the results of both devices compared to each other.
At the end of the day the R1 has better results than the XR500 for me.
Gaming felt even better with the R1 compared to the XR500.
That is the reason why I had demanded a refund at Amazon for my XR500.
I have sent my XR500 back to Amazon and have my money back.
Sadly true!
I wish I could report better, because I really like Netduma.
Maybe some time later I will buy another XR500 for testing. Maybe my device was faulty.
I can only be convinced into buying another XR500 if there is a big firmware update that fixes
all issues and adds Ping Assist (which it still lacks) as well and if it gets positive reviews by
independent sources.
Best regards,
KayOneX-24

I haven't been around here for a long while.
I have just seen that the DumaOS hasn't been released, yet.
Too bad!
I had stopped actively gaming some months ago...
Perhaps, I will make my friend a gift... My R1.

Rest in peace, brother.
Your gamplays were one of the best I have ever seen in Black Ops III.
And the way of how you played it made it look so easy.
We will will miss you, but never forget you.
Condolences to your family and your friends.
Best regards, KayOneX-24

That's a great word on this matter.
You're always welcome to ask and/or to constructively discuss a topic.
Things in development need time, but then it will run as good as possible.
Even Rome wasn't build up in one day.
I'm so happy that this router was inventend. If this weren't have happened,
then I'd probably have left the online gaming scene a long time ago.
Happy sunday, everybody.